Language was invented to
Language was invented to ask questions. Eric Hoffer
Humanness
Language was invented to
Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of age when man asked the first question. Social stagnation results not from a lack of answers but from the absence of the impulse to ask questions. Eric Hoffer
Those who have been
Those who have been immersed in the tragedy of massive death during wartime, and who have faced it squarely, never allowing their senses and feelings to become numbed and indifferent, have emerged from their experiences with growth and humanness greater than that achieved through almost any other means. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Loneliness comes over us
Loneliness comes over us sometimes as a sudden tide. It is one of the terms of our humanness, and, in a sense, therefore, incurable. Yet I have found peace in my loneliest times not only through acceptance of the situation, but through making it an offering to God, who can transfigure it into something for … Read more
We\\’re born into a
We’re born into a certain family, nation, class. But if we have no connection whatsoever with the worlds beyond the one we take for granted, then we too run the risk of drying up inside. Our imagination might shrink; our hearts might dwindle, and our humanness might wither if we stay for too long inside … Read more
You don\\’t have to
You don’t have to teach people how to be human. You have to teach them how to stop being inhuman. Eldridge Cleaver
When humanness is lost
When humanness is lost the radical difference between the bodies in the pit and people walking on the street is lost. Edward Bond
Be willing to laugh
Be willing to laugh at your humanness and at your divinity. Frederick Lenz
Gradually my whole concept
Gradually my whole concept of time changed until I thought of a month as having twenty-five days of humanness and five others when I might just as well have been an animal in a steel trap. Florence King
Lighten up on yourself.
Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness. Deborah Day